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June 20, 1961 N, J, ALBANES '2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8. 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 1

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June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed March 8, 1955 June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANEs DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 8, 1955 CH CTR CARRY CTRL SEL ADDRESS SET CH. CTR CARRY mm of;

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DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8, 1955 FIG. 5 C STORAGE CONTROL READ/WRITE RING ON SEL DRU NOITION COUNTER I GENERATORy S36 50N SO2 1 SEL SE NIT COINC x SAMPLE GENERATOR 656 ,am RESPONSE x GENERATOR END OF DRUM 74o 46 Sheets-Sheetv 6 TION CK RRR@ CK UNIT776 IG.

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DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8, 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet '7 DRUM IOO l READ/wRIEE HEADS HTLI'XS READ WRITE CIRCUIT /V mm CIRCUIT IOOO v /900 CH-O I I I READ -I lI CONTROL I u UNIT 962 I ,1,2 I A I WRITE I UNIT 922 [e WRITE I U CONTROL (FIG.5D3) n i 1A UNIT 902 CII-29 Is c s A e 4 2 I .7f- I I I I I I I [C IFIG.5D2) 5' READ AMPLIFIER UNIT 978 (FIG,5DII

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June 20v, 1961 N. J. ALBANES 2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8, 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet 9 TIMER STEP CONTROL UNIT-262 eK 2 6.6K I 150K fm( l F CF-l T-PKR CF2 8H T2 TR|GGER Il I/ ll l) 290 C II *nl 282 284 28s 288 3K C 14m :2 GF4 TIMER CHECK), O

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RESET 2 CONTROL TRIGGER 302 l" I i i `SECT-D QIIAR2OQ1 L -I L---v- ,M012 T T i 11T@ 12 UPPER INPUT oP AND cIRouIT 28e TIMER CTL sTI-I June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 10 Filed March 8, 1955 Nvm mi.

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DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8, 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet 11 RING zooo COUNTER-372 F I G. 5A 7 DG-I CF-II RING IOOO COUNTER-552 RING STEP CF-II INVENTOR. NICHOLAS J. ALBAN ES AGENT June 20, 1961 NJ. ALBANEs 2,(9'89g731 DATA STORAGE UNITl FiledV March 8, 1955 461S1`1eets'-Sheet 12 DRUM TIMER DECODERv 380L GTION SECTION ION cTloN l 90j SECTION 9 INVENTOR. NICHOLAS J. ALBANES CHARACTER 200 N. J. ALBANES 2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 13 June 20, 1961 Filed March 8, 1955 00m OPom-.wmo MOZMOZO wmmon.

June 20, 1961 N. .1. ALBANES DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 14 Filed March 8. 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet 15 Filed March 8, 1955 June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 16 Filed March 8, 1955 r 0911 @EL oOwv vom@ nOwv com? INVENTOR.

NICHOLAS J. ALBANES June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES 2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNIT Filed March 8, 1955 46 Sheets-Sheet 17 INVENTOR.

NICHOLAS J. ALBANES N. J. ALBANES 2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheecs-Sheet 18 June 20, 1961 Filed March 8, 1955 June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES 2,989,731

DATA STORAGE UNfT 46 Sheets-Sheet 19 Filed March 8, 1955 June 20, 1961 N. J. ALBANES DATA STORAGE UNIT 46 Sheets-Sheet 2O Filed March 8, 1955 

